Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-05-19
THE GUM GROUP.
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY
On THE GOLD BELT.
over Quarter. Million Dollars Worth
OF Ore Ready TO Mia General In.
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"A ZINES reporter went out to
Iunn's group of mines, yesterday, in
company with John Condron and Jos.
X. Morrill,, of this city, to witness the
starting-up of Captain Gums mill.
Only one of the Frue vanners could
be got ready, and while the visitors
looked over the mines, Captain Nc
Carthy, the millwright, obligingly got
steam up and made ready for a trial
run.
The group consists of Eve mines,
to-wit: the Jumbo, Veteran, Banner,
Wolcott, and All show
defined vein carrying ore, but the
developments have been mainly con-
fined to the Jumbo, which is the CEN
trail claim of the group, and upon
which the mill is situated. The ledge
shows up boldly all along the 1900
feet covered by the Jumbo location,
and is exposed by numerous cuts,
tunnels, shafts or "prospcct-holes."
In one place the ledge is opened like
a quarry, and four men can blast and
extract 20 tons per day. The vein is
SO easily traced that even a tender
foot can follow its entire length, with
out its being as much as pointed out to
him. The deepest workings are In
the main tunnel, which is run so as to
tap the vein at depth of 200 feet
In these workings the vein shows to
better advantage than anywhere else,
as the ore assays from $50 to $3.50
per ton, and there is compact body
of it from five to eight feet wide.
The course Of the vein is exceedingly
favorable for working, and a tunnel
started about 100 yards from the mill
would tap it at depth of about 400
feet, and undoubtedly open ore
enough to keep the 10-stamp mill
running for fully four years. At
present Captain Gum has fully 25,-
600 tons of ore exposed, and allow
ing yield of only SO per ton
(which is certainly much below what
the ore will average under the stamps),
there is all of $4,000 worth of ore
in sight-and this only in a strip of
Jumbo ground about 200 feet in
length!
The Frue vanners seem to be just
what was needed at the mill to enable
Captain Gum to get the full benefit
of his ore. When he started up for
trial run, few weeks ago, he had
Rouse Commentators, which had been
placed with him on trial. They
proved total failure, as they utterly
failed to save the sulphurets. The
Frue vanner started Yesterday, does
this, however, the amount of loss
not exceeding 10 per cent; and it is
safe to say that from this time on
Captain Gum will realize fully $40
upon every ton of ore run through
his mill. The mill is Of 10 stamps,
and has a daily capacity of 20 tons
The Gum group is owned by Cap
tain Gum and Robert Rowland, of
Camp creek, and Messrs. Wolcott and
Mann, of Pocatelo The goth of
last month they gave an option to a
party now in the East, for $4,000,
who is obliged to make the first pay
ment on the goth instant. At that
time the sum named was a fair price
for the property. Since then, how
ever, the Frue vanners have been put
in and the showing in the lower run-
mel has improved to such all extent
that the owners would be pleased if
the party having the option should
fail to "fll." If he does the property
would probably not be obtained short
of 100000.
The results obtained at this prop
ertv show what can be done by indus
try and perseverance. With very
limited means, and notwithstanding
the most discouraging obstacles, Cap
tain Gum has, in a couple of years
developed a property that many Others
would have required lifetime ant
large means to do. For instance g
road two miles long, which required
as much as four feet OF grading In
spots, was made by Messrs. Gunr
and Rowland at an expenditure oil
only $50 for team, with pillow and
scraper, and the enterprise has, al
along, been conducted upon the same
basis of economy of funds and grea